Ganger

Kier Group; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension scheme

24/7 virtual GP service

Holiday buy/sell

Call out

Overtime

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Ganger to join the Highways team in Wellingborough. You will lead a small crew to maintain the highway network, ensuring safety, efficiency, and adherence to PUWER and Kier standards.

The role operates Monday to Friday on a full-time basis, with a salary in the £29k–£35k range and additional call-out and overtime opportunities. The role requires SMSTS/SSSTS or similar qualifications, NRSWA Operative status, and a full driving licence.

Qualifications

• Lead teams successfully and deliver in a demanding environment.
• Hold SMSTS/SSSTS or similar qualification.
• Hold a NRSWA Operative or similar qualification.
• Drive and hold a full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team to carry out maintenance duties on the highway network.
• Safely operate and maintain equipment and ensure PUWER compliance.
• Provide guidance and training to colleagues while following Kier HS&E standards.
• Manage daily works and keep the site safe for operatives and the public.
• Conduct risk assessments at the point of work and enforce safe-working procedures.
• Record site safety information and photographs using a mobile app.

Skills

Team leadership

Risk assessment

Education

SMSTS/SSSTS or similar qualification

NRSWA Operative or similar qualification

Full driving licence

Job description

We're looking for a Ganger to join our Highways team based in Wellingborough. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.

Location: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Contract: Full time, 40 hours per week , Monday to Friday

Salary: £29,641.01 to £34,946.27 depending on experience + call out + overtime

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As Ganger you'll be working within our maintenance team, supporting them in leading a small team to carry out a range of tasks to ensure the effective maintenance of the highway network across North Northamptonshire.

Your day to day duties will include:

• Undertaking repair works to avariety of highways assets including tarmacadam repair to roads, footways, kerbs, soft estates, signs, posts, street furniture and ironworks.
• Safekeeping andoperation of specialist equipment, making sure that equipment is properly maintained and all PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998) records are completed correctly.
• Giving guidance and training to colleagues, working to Kier, Health, Safety,Environmental and Quality standards, ensuring the economic use of materials.
• Managing the works daily, ensuring the site is safe forour operatives and the public.
• Conducting point ofwork risk assessments to ensure that the work area is properly protected and safe-working procedures are being maintained.
• Utilising a mobileapplication to record photographs and site safety information.

What are we looking for?

This role of Ganger is great for you if you can:

• Lead teams successfully, work under pressure and deliver in a demanding environment.
• Hold an SMSTS/SSSTS or similarqualification.
• Hold a NRSWA Operative or similarqualification.
• Drive and hold a full driving licence.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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